Ogden Daily Standard | 1894-02-22 | Page 4 | Carbolic Acid in Poultry Yards

carbolic aceil in poultry yard carbolic acid is ono of the best adjuncts of the poultry bouse but dont lose eight of the fact that it ia a strong poison it carelessly left around valuable fowls may be found dead writer in tho poultry review refers to a case where a careful breeder used a solution ot the common red variety for a disinfectant and the grains were picked up by the fowls as it was scattered on tho ground two valuable hens were found dead and a postmortem examination revealed the action of the acid As a disinfectant this acid ia veryl valuable but it should be used in very weak solution A small quantity added to l wash when whitewashing the interior of the fowl house is great improvement keep the carbolic acid in a safe place and conspicuously labeled and you may save vain regrets afterward